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Monday, January 5, 2015

New Year, New Me.

This week was swell :) I am not going to lie... at the beginning
of my mission it was going so slow... I thought I had eternity left and I just
wanted to be home, but time now is going TOO FAST! It needs to slow down! I
want to be a missionary forever!:) Truly, I do. It is the most incredible thing
:)

Shout out to Jenna Johnson for being the coolest person ever.
(She told me she is going to read my blog) :) We had a The Testaments movie
party with her Monday night it was a PARTY! We had sooo many treats... it was
ridiculous. She has gotten me addicted to Birthday Oreos as well... but we came
to find out on Monday that Birthday Oreos+Peanut Butter= Heaven! Mm mmmm mmmm
:) We love Jenna :) She is a recent convert, she was baptized in September and
she is SOLID! Literally the coolest person ever :) We are so lucky to have her
and Wes in the ward!

Well Tuesday was a lot of fun... haha everything went wrong on
Tuesday! Well first our investigator Meredith called and broke up with us!:( We
were so sad… the first thing Sister Thomas did when I hung up was pull out a
candy bar. Chocolate makes the soul feel better. It will all be okay though. We
just planted a seed, she may not be ready now but she will be one day! She is a
sweetheart though. I really like Meredith! We had plans to do service for
Sister Collins at 1, as soon as we got there she texted us and asked if we
could come at 2:30. Wasn’t a big deal, we packed our dress clothes so we could
change and do other things... psych. I left mine at the apartment! And we were
like 20 minutes away! Haha I really needed my clothes so we didn’t have any
other option than to drive home and get them. My bad :) We ate chocolate the
whole way home as well… it is comforting when everything is going wrong. So we
went home got dressed then by the time we got back up to Dublin where Sister
Collins lives it was time to go to her house haha so we went to her house got
dressed back into our service clothes, and helped clean her basement out. It
was a lot of fun actually! She had a bunch of stuff down there from like the
90’s :) Mine and Sister Thomas’s time :) The rest of the day ended up normal
though, no worries!

We walked a lot this week so it was very tiring and Sister
Thomas and I got so sore we could barely walk haha but missionary work is
awesome :) And the Lord always blesses us especially when he knows we put our
heart and soul into the work. That is truly what I am trying to do, give my all
to the Lord. I only have this time in my life totally dedicated to the Lord, I
have to take advantage of it :)

AHH! I hope you all had a great New Years!:) On New Years Eve
Sister Thomas and I took some really cute pictures :) They look professional,
we were shocked haha. Hey what is New Years Eve without red lip stick?:) I just
love the fact that the year of 2015 I will be serving the Lord the WHOLE YEAR!
2015 will always hold a special place in my heart :) I have made many goals for
this year, and I hope all of you have made goals as well! I want to become a
better me this year. Honestly, I think of myself before the mission and I don’t
really like who I was... The Lord is truly molding me into a better person. I
care more for others, and want to help. I have never felt so close to the
Savior, and I am grateful that this whole year I get to be his servant and grow
closer to himJ

Oh, and on New Years Day the Buckeye’s won the Sugar Bowl game
against Alabama :) They will be playing the champion game on the 12th, and they will be
national champions.. just sayin’ :) GO BUCKS.

On Saturday it was POURING. I honestly cannot complain about
rain in January but Sister Thomas and I were out walking around and we got
soaked.. we took Wes out for a lesson and we walked there, and of course she
wasn’t home we felt so bad! But Wes was fine, his clothes were just drenched.
It rained all day. Sister Thomas and I put our clothes in the drier and decided
we needed to go to the library because we were miserable, and smelled like wet
dogs. So we went and did family history and guess what? I found 3 names! Ah the
spirit of Elijah is so real, I love family history :) I found 3 woman in my
family who weren’t even in the system, I connected them to their parents and
now I get to do their ordinances :) Sweet Jenna is going to baptize them next
week! Ah! It is just so amazing that we can help our family! Our mission is
really focusing on family history. Thank you Grandma Sue and Grandma Cookie for
doing so much of our family history :)

Wes taught us the best lesson this week on baptism and
confirmation :) We already decided he will be a bishop one day, no joke. He is
so amazing! The ward council committee was saying if you ever want a spiritual
experience talk to Wes. He is just glowing all the time with the spirit, and
when he opens his mouth it is truly filled. I do not know how I was so blessed
to meet him and to help bring him closer to Christ but I am just so grateful.
Missionary work is legit the best.

I hope all is well back home! I miss and love
you all! I hope you had a great New Years… and remember it is never too late to
change. The Lord is always waiting for you to use His atonement and grow closer
to Him, he is always there for you :) That is one thing I have truly come to
realize. Have a good week!

GAS HERE IS SO CHEAP! It actually is at $1.72 now. What is life?

Aw New Years photo shoot :)

Haha our Martinelli's picture. We are supposed to have a serious face... Sister Thomas obviously forgot.

This is a legit laugh. Sister Thomas put her hand on my back and I was like "What are you doing?" haha it made a cute picture though :)

New Year's crown rock.

... and the little whistle things.

Hope you all had an amazing New Year's! Sister Thomas and I sure did :) And don't worry We went to bed on time :)

It never says in the white handbook that missionaries can't have Martinelli's...